It's fun to see how others do with this gambit. If you want to show a Budapest game, or want to get some feedback, you can post it here.

PLEASE ANALYSE THIS GAME

Hey Hans,

I think you played a very good game, taking advantage of the possibilities to attack. I don't like white's 7th move very much (Nd4), and I think you made optimal use of the space on the kingside. After 12. Bh3 you have a lead in developement and prevented your opponent to castle - in my humble opinion, your opponent should have castled before pushing his pawns on the queenside.

I think 13. Bg2 is an inaccuracy. If you had inserted 13. .... Nxd4 to avoid white counterplay, the game could have continued like...

    With advantage a better pawn structure for black.

At the end of the game it surprised me a little that white went for the draw. With the white queen on d5 and yours on c2 I think he could have tried Bxe5, dxe5 and c5 trapping your bishop.

A nice display though of the many possibilities for black :-). Well played!

thank you

Long, long time ago I still had the guts to play 4... d6. I got this a few times:

Actually I played white here - againts the gambit, and surprisingly I won : )

It was a very tough game, i found it difficult to organize the defence around my king.

It may be interesting for you, guys.

A nice and lively game! Black players are not too well prepared for 4.e4 I think! I never played it in OTB chess, nor here.

I would probably prefer 5...Nc6, to make use of the hole on d4 and develop the b8 knight to c5 via a6, but it's a matter of taste. Myabe we should start up forum topics with detail and opinions on each main line of the budapest..?!

It's a good idea : )

Yeah, I had a good win in the match against team Phillipines, happy with that, we're pretty much outgunned rating-wise...

Aron Nimzowitz would be proud of your use of the open file .

here is a game which I'm really proud - against a higher rated, really good player - he blundered one move - and then couldn't do anything against the beautiful hidden traps in Budapest Gambit

Just had a nice win, where my opponent tried something I haven't seen before (5 e6?!). I'm sure there are mistakes, (I struggled a little to find the win for a while), but I'm happy, I was 0-3 to this guy...

This was the highest rated player I've ever beaten here (as apposed to time outs)... and it was with the Budapest!!

Nice - you made it look so easy! Typically this is a difficult variation to play against. I think your opponent should have kept the two bishops maybe?!

The following is a game I played this week in the Belgian Interclub competition. It's an unlucky game, I did not deserve to go home with half a point, and the only reason I post it is because it could serve as a warning. In the book Tim Taylor wrote, he gave enough reasons NOT to play the typical Budapest rook lift (a5 - Ra6 etc) at all. i have scored some decent results with that move, so why listen to an IM?! This game against a gentleman rated 1850 shows exactly why it is sometimes better to settle for normal development with d6 etc.